THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS • OCTOBER 2012 Strengthening Home and Family, pp. 4, 16, 20, 22 Young Adults Speak Up for Chastity, p. 42 Four Scriptures That Helped Us, p. 54 Moving On from Primary, p. 58 Liahona Christ in America, by Jeffrey Hein When the resurrected Christ visited the Nephites in the Americas, “he took their little children, one by one, and blessed them, and prayed unto the Father for them. “And when he had done this he wept again; “And he spake unto the multitude, and said unto them: Behold your little ones” (3 Nephi 17:21–23). 28 Liahona, October 2012 MESSAGES 34 How to Survive in Enemy 14 Small and Simple Things Territory 4 First Presidency Message: By President Boyd K. Packer 16 Our Homes, Our Families: One Key to a Happy Family Discover within yourself how Teaching Chastity and Virtue By President Dieter F. Uchtdorf the Holy Ghost can be a guiding By Matthew O. Richardson and protective influence. 8 Visiting Teaching Message: 20 Gospel Classics: Teaching Honoring Our Covenants Righteousness at Home DEPARTMENTS By Elder Delbert L. Stapley FEATURE ARTICLES 9 For the Strength of Youth: 38 Latter-day Saint Voices Dress and Appearance 22 Helping Youth Have Spiritual News of the Church Experiences 74 10 October Conference By Melissa Merrill Notebook: Clearing Our 79 Family Home Evening Ideas Five ways to foster experiences Calendar for Conference that lead to conversion. By Cheryl Burr 80 Until We Meet Again: Good Things Keep On Coming 28 The Book of Alma: 11 Serving in the Church: By Caitlin A. Rush Lessons for Today Sunday School Answers By Elder Paul B. Pieper By Emma Addams Three lessons from the Nephites ON THE COVER can help us successfully meet the 12 What We Believe: Provident Photo illustrations by Cody Bell. challenges of our day. Living Prepares Us for the Future October 2012 1 YOUNG ADULTS YOUTH CHILDREN 46 Questions and Answers 58 Moving On from Primary What does it mean to honor the Here are some experiences you priesthood of God? can look forward to in Young Men or Young Women. 48 Be Wise and Be a Friend By Elder Robert D. Hales 60 Dear Amiga Good friends make it easy to live By Maribel the commandments. A letter to a friend nervous about leaving Primary. 51 Dressing for a Dance By Crystal Martin 61 Welcoming a New Season I was tempted to wear a dress of Life 42 that didn’t cover my shoulders, By Marissa Widdison but then I remembered my Noah, Dylan, Patrick, and Ben Chastity in an Unchaste 42 are getting ready to receive the World patriarchal blessing. priesthood. Eight young adults discuss how 52 For the Strength of Youth: to remain chaste in a world that Dress and Appearance—“Let 62 Music: Come, Lord Jesus doesn’t value chastity. the Holy Spirit Guide” By Mary N. Cook 63 Special Witness: Why Is It Important That I Follow 54 Strengthened by the Word Jesus Christ Faithfully, No Four teens tell of times when Matter Where I Am? a scripture came to mind and By Elder Dallin H. Oaks helped them. 64 Bringing Primary Home: 57 Poster: Straight and Narrow Blessings of the Priesthood Is the Way Are Available to All 66 Twice the Blessings See if you By Richard M. Romney can find the Meet Sophie and Elodie, 10-year- Liahona hidden old twins from Madagascar. in this issue. Hint: Did 68 Can’t I Be Baptized Too? Noah use a By Hilary Watkins Lemon Liahona? Six-year-old Paulo is excited to become a member of the Church. 70 For Young Children 51 81 Book of Mormon Scripture Figures 2 Liahona OCTOBER 2012 VOL. 36 NO. 10 LIAHONA 10490 International magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Liahona.lds.org The First Presidency: Thomas S. Monson, More Henry B. Eyring, Dieter F. Uchtdorf Online The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: FOR ADULTS Boyd K. Packer, L. Tom Perry, Russell M. Nelson, Dallin H. Oaks, M. Russell Ballard, Richard G. Scott, After reading about forgiveness in the Robert D. Hales, Jeffrey R. Holland, David A. Bednar, Quentin L. Cook, D. Todd Christofferson, Neil L. Andersen First Presidency Message (page 4), you Editor: Craig A. Cardon may also wish to read President James E. Advisers: Shayne M. Bowen, Bradley D. Foster, Christoffel Golden Jr., Anthony D. Perkins Faust’s last general conference talk, Managing Director: David T. Warner “The Healing Power of Forgiveness” Director of Family and Member Support: (April 2007), at conference .lds .org. Vincent A. Vaughn Director of Church Magazines: Allan R. Loyborg Business Manager: Garff Cannon Managing Editor: R. Val Johnson Assistant Managing Editor: LaRene Porter Gaunt Publications Assistant: Melissa Zenteno FOR YOUTH Writing and Editing: Susan Barrett, Ryan Carr, David Dickson, David A. Edwards, Matthew D. Flitton, On page 52, Mary N. Cook explains how Mindy Raye Friedman, Hikari Loftus, Lia McClanahan, the reverence we feel for temples can Michael R. Morris, Richard M. Romney, Paul VanDenBerghe, Julia Woodbury guide how we dress. At youth .lds .org, Managing Art Director: J. Scott Knudsen you can find out more about “Dress and Art Director: Tadd R. Peterson Design: Jeanette Andrews, Fay P. Andrus, C. Kimball Appearance” and any of the other stan- Bott, Thomas Child, Kerry Lynn C. Herrin, Colleen dards from For the Strength of Youth. Hinckley, Eric P. Johnsen, Scott M. Mooy, Brad Teare Intellectual Property Coordinator: Collette Nebeker Aune Production Manager: Jane Ann Peters Production: Connie Bowthorpe Bridge, Howard G. Brown, Julie Burdett, Bryan W. Gygi, Kathleen Howard, FOR CHILDREN Denise Kirby, Ginny J. Nilson, Ty Pilcher, Gayle Tate Rafferty Prepress: Jeff L. Martin You can read about twins Elodie and Printing Director: Craig K. Sedgwick Sophie from Madagascar in “Twice the Distribution Director: Evan Larsen Blessings” (page 66) and see some fun For subscriptions and prices outside the United States and Canada, go to store .lds .org or contact your local photos of them at liahona .lds .org. Church distribution center or ward or branch leader. Submit manuscripts and queries online at liahona .lds.org; by e-mail to [email protected]; or by mail to Liahona, Rm. 2420, 50 E. North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT 84150-0024, USA. IN YOUR LANGUAGE The Liahona (a Book of Mormon term meaning “compass” or “director”) is published in Albanian, Armenian, The Liahona and other Church materials Bislama, Bulgarian, Cambodian, Cebuano, Chinese, are available in many languages at Chinese (simplified), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Fijian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, languages .lds .org. Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kiribati, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malagasy, Marshallese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tahitian, Thai, Tongan, Ukrainian, Urdu, and Vietnamese. (Frequency varies by language.) © 2012 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Text and visual material in the Liahona may be copied for incidental, noncommercial church or home use. Visual material may not be copied if restrictions are indicated TOPICS IN THIS ISSUE in the credit line with the artwork. Copyright questions should be addressed to Intellectual Property Office, 50 E. Numbers represent the first page of the article. North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT 84150, USA; e-mail: cor-intellectualproperty@ ldschurch .org. Adversity, 28 Forgiveness, 4 Prophets, 28 For Readers in the United States and Canada: Baptism, 68 Friends, 48 Sabbath, 40 October 2012 Vol. 36 No. 10. LIAHONA (USPS 311-480) English (ISSN 1080-9554) is published monthly by The Book of Mormon, 28, 81 General conference, 10 Scripture study, 11, 54 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 50 E. North Chastity, 16, 42 Jesus Christ, 62, 63 Self-reliance, 12 Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT 84150. USA subscription price is $10.00 per year; Canada, $12.00 plus applicable Church history, 14 Kindness, 28 Service, 22, 39 taxes. Periodicals Postage Paid at Salt Lake City, Utah. Conversion, 39 Leadership, 22 Teaching, 16, 22 Sixty days’ notice required for change of address. Include address label from a recent issue; old and new address Covenants, 8 Obedience, 40, 57 Temples, 8, 52 must be included. Send USA and Canadian subscriptions Dress, 9, 51, 52 Parenthood, 16, 20, 22 Wisdom, 48 to Salt Lake Distribution Center at address below. Subscription help line: 1-800-537-5971. Credit card Example, 40 Prayer, 38 Work, 12 orders (American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa) Faith, 39, 80 Preparation, 12 Young Men, 58, 61 may be taken by phone or at store .lds .org. (Canada Post Information: Publication Agreement #40017431) Family, 4, 16, 20, 22, 38, 66 Priesthood, 46, 64 Young Women, 58, 60 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Salt Lake Distribution Center, Church Magazines, P.O. Box 26368, Salt Lake City, UT 84126-0368. October 2012 3 4 Liahona FIRST PRESIDENCY MESSAGE By President ONE KEY Dieter F. Uchtdorf Second Counselor in TO A the First Presidency Happy Family he great Russian author Leo Tolstoy began his dripping down its face. The man rushed inside and, to his novel Anna Karenina with these words: “Happy horror, saw that his baby boy was missing and his cradle families are all alike; every unhappy family is overturned. In anger the prince pulled out his sword and T 1 unhappy in its own way.” While I do not have Tolstoy’s killed his dog. Shortly thereafter, he heard the cry of his certainty that happy families are all alike, I have discov- son—the babe was alive! By the infant’s side lay a dead ered one thing that most have in common: they have a wolf.